THE IMPACT OF SMARTPHONES ON COMMUNICATION
- Can the basic interpersonal communication model be used as an aid in understanding the impact of SmartPhone usage? If so, how?
The basic interpersonal model can be used as a tool to explain the impact of the usage of smartphones. The reason is that the model comprises of four concepts that play a significant role in the usage of smartphones. The concepts are (Pettegrew & Day, 2015)
Communicator – this concept can be mapped on the usage of smartphones to represent the person who is currently speaking on the smartphone.
The receiver – smartphones represent the person that is receiving the call on a smartphone.
Perceptual screens – it refers to the media through which we interact with people during communication. The medium determines the quality of the conversation, accuracy, and clarity of the communication. In the usage of smartphones, this concept can be mapped to the smartphone. The gadget will determine the quality, accuracy, and clarity of the communication.
- How have Smart Phones transformed how business people communicate concerning fulfilling their job responsibilities?
Smartphones have enabled business people to conduct business during late hours. They also have reduced time wastage while interacting with people. Meetings can be organized over smartphones. Information gets to the recipients fast due to the bulk messaging courtesy of smartphones (Pettegrew & Day, 2015).
- How have Smart Phones transformed how college students communicate?
The smartphones have rendered the use of letters ineffective. In that case, college students have adopted smartphones for all their communication especially through applications such as Facebook, What’s app and emails among others
- Do you think that as people become more connected technologically, they become less connected inter-personally? Why or why not?
Yes, extreme use of smartphones will disconnect inter person connection. Video calls, wireless money transfer over the smartphones, sharing of pictures, and videos will discourage people from having face to face communication.
References
Pettegrew, L. S., & Day, C. (2015). Smartphones and mediated relationships: The changing face of relational communication. Review of Communication, 15(2), 122-139.